Skylight.



B. GOLDMAN.

SKYLIGHT.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE zo, 1911` LWQ, Patented Nov. 21, 19N.

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f tione To 'all'uizom it may concern:

Bef-itknown that I, BARNEY4 Gonmnm, a citiz'enof the Unitedv States, residing at l`lew York, county of New York, State'of New York, have inventednew and usefull linpi'ovements in Skylights, of which the following is al specification.

This invention relates to a sky-light the object being to automatically open a number likel ad. Each cover when closed is posivat an inclined angle so that when the" rope or chain is released or'any of thefuses melt the cover will gravitate to its open position. j

Thel invention is especially of' use when there is aire in a theater or any building it being obvious that the' melting of the fuses will separate the upper part of the ropes from the lower and allow the coversV to -fall thus inducinga draftand permitting escape of the accumulated hot air and smoke in the proper direction called for by the tire department and insurance companies.

' The novel features of the .invention being4 more fully described in the following specig 4fic-ation and claims and illustrated in the accompanying dra-wing in which:

"Figure l represents a side elevation ot' a skylight embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken along the line 22 Fig.A l showing the covers open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal detail section taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In this drawing the letter a designates a sky-light frame which is provided with'a fixed top b of glass or metal. Theframe has a number of apertures formed in its sides and ends and each of the apertures is SKYLIGHT.

' ,BARNEY' GOLDMAN. or vNnwf"roars, N.'Y. l

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov.' 21,1911. appncatioamea :rune 2o, 191i." sriaiio. 634,294, 4

each cover e i to serve as a guide for afrop'e orjchain g.' 'my This' rope has one end'astenedtothe'frame and'is uided oversaid pulleyj to a pulley 4 .7L attac ed to the frame. The-rope is tlien. guided downward over a pulley'block d and 'be automaticallyreleased when theheat in oint. It

the building reaches the danger being .apparent that the heat -wil meltthe fusible links and thus-part thev upper por-- tion of the rope from the lower portion.'

It will he seen that the rope m and ring .j lo could be omitted and each ropezcouldmbe` -operated independently. As shown inthe drawing the jambe e are formed of angle:

irons so. that when the cover is closed itfwlls give a tight joint and prevent moistin'etfromlv entering into the building.'

Closed a will ser afan arigitfuni'he-jliiib s attached .a pulley' blockv f 1g of apertures located in the `frame ot the sliy- .the rope has. connected to it a fusible link lightwhen the temperature in the building consist-ing o a piece of lead j. l

l reaches a certain degree. The frame ofthe As shown 1n the drawing the rope of 'each sky-light has a number of apertures'and to cover is fastened to a ring k anda sin le each lower portio of the opening is pivotedl rope -m leads into theinterior of the bui d- 15 a cover which is held closed byl means-fof ingfwhere it c an be fastened in any con- 70v one or more Wire ropes or chains connected veulent Away within the reach of the operto the -upper fp'ortion of the cover and these ator. y A 1 ropes may be operated from a position beln the foregoing construction-by operating low-the sky-light. Each of these ro es have the lower rope m. it opens or closes all' the 20 connected thereto a link of fusih c metal covers. In addition to'this the covers may T he offset topof the .111mb slopes orslantsf so that rain or snow will not accumulate l claim:

p on the projecting upper. portionof the jamb.

1. A sky light comprisinga frame ro-j jecting from the roof of a building and av- 'ing an opening with an inclined jamb, and provided with an offset at the top of'.the jamh, a cover pivoted to the lower part of the jamb, means connected .to the cover for securing the cover on to the amb, and means attached to the said connection -for automatically releasing the cover to Swing downwardly to its open position.

2. A sky light comprisingva frame projecting from the roof of a building and hav.-

ing an opening with an inclined jamb, and

provlded with an inclined offset at the top irons. To the lower part of each aperture .of the jamb, a. cover pivoted' to the 'lower is `pivoted at d a cover c of suitable cn- ,part of the jamb, a llexible connection opstruction to set in the jambe and normally l eratively secured to the cover for holding close the aperture. The upper portion of the coveron to the jainb, a fusible link ath5 each-jamb is offset so that whenga'cover is .l tached to and situated between the end of 110 60 equipped with j ambs cv Aconstructed of angle the connectionvand the cover for automatiinclined jambs2 and slopin oil` set tops loy cally relesi'n'g the coyerto swing .downcated in' the sides and .en s of the frame,

l wardly to-its 'open position. covers pivoted to the lower portionsof the 2U l 3, A skylight comprising aframe projnmbs, a flexible connection operatively 4sei 5 jecting upwarj'clly from the roof of 'a build- .cured to each cover and adapted to hold the 1 lng and having a number of openings Wiihggover Onto-1 the openin, a fusible link atl inclined jambs, and oil' set topslocated'in 'taclied to and located etween theendof l the sides and ends of the frame, coverspiv- .each connection and the cover for automati 2,3'

oted to the lower portions of. the jumbs, call;7 releasing;I the lcover to swing down- 10 means connected to the covers ioiisecvu'ring wal-diy. .toits open'position.

the covers ovei` the openings and on .to tli'n testimony whereof I have hereunto jan1bs,;and means relative toeach connection setmy lia-nd in the presence of t-Wo subscribfor automatically releasing each cover to Aing Witnesses.

' swing downwardly to. its open position; y BARNEY-GOLDMAN. 1.5 4. A" sky-lightcoxnprising a freine -pro-hhwwitness'es:

jectngupwardly from the roof of a build-' WILLIAM MILLER, Ingand .having a 4numloer of openingsl with CHRISTIAN H. ALMSTAED'I. i

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